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and that's because of obama care. is that the beginning of a new messaging? >> well, they have started, actually have a plan, which is probably good, maybe late but good, they're going to go walk all the way through the fall. because we're going to see october 1 deadline where folks who have no insurance and are going to be eligible for this can get into sign up for the exchanges. they're starting to do that already but the president is also stretching a little bit with this information about what this report actually shows because, remember, amy just told us, this is a law that gets fully implemented next year. gwen: right. >> if they want to say that everything is good that's happened to medicare in terms of the cost curve, bending the cost curve, going down, it can't all be related to affordable care act, which is a law that is not fully implemented. but it could be some of the industry implemented private sector industry implemented improvements that the affordable care act was trying to encourage. this is the beg
and that's because of obama care. is that the beginning of a new messaging? >> well, they have started, actually have a plan, which is probably good, maybe late but good, they're going to go walk all the way through the fall. because we're going to see october 1 deadline where folks who have no insurance and are going to be eligible for this can get into sign up for the exchanges. they're starting to do that already but the president is also stretching a little bit with this information...
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sent% say it's urgent but obama has not yet put forward a budget this year or pushed deficit control. more over, his state of the union address contained $84 billion in new spending proposals. can you speak to that, mort? >> i think that's a legs mutt concern because that is an issue that could really unravel the economy. nobody knows exactly when or how. it is one of those stories where hemingway captured it when he said the two characters, how did you go bankrupt? two ways. first slowly, then suddenly. something could happen, it could be very serious. nobody knows. the financial markets could lose confidence in the american economy, then we ode have a major thing. something has to be done. >> was that your take or did he really say that? >> no, no, did he say that. >> the first graphic you showed, do we really think, eleanor, out of those 74% they think the only way to do it is cut taxes? they want to see spending cuts and that we have not seen the president offer yet. >> he has totally -- >> get me a microscope, because >>> predictions. mort. >> given the weakness of the economy th
sent% say it's urgent but obama has not yet put forward a budget this year or pushed deficit control. more over, his state of the union address contained $84 billion in new spending proposals. can you speak to that, mort? >> i think that's a legs mutt concern because that is an issue that could really unravel the economy. nobody knows exactly when or how. it is one of those stories where hemingway captured it when he said the two characters, how did you go bankrupt? two ways. first...
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i thought we would go back and listen to just what president obama had to say four years ago when he took that first oath of office. >> on this day, we gather because we have chones hope over people. unity of purpose over conflict and discord. on this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grevranses, the false promises and worn out mass that have far too long have sprang led our politics. we remain a young nation. but in the words of scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. >> ok. this is where the approach ear's daughter speaks up about the childish thing like. four years later eddie: you feel like they were put away? >> it's all gone. every president envisions a hope or a vision that's more aspirational than realistic but to compare, i think he is a sbessment. he will probably not suggest there is unity and purpose this time around. >> because there's just not. and if you read the other second inaugural address. they all tried to some mon -- summon this. that's the example we've had leading up to the inauguration and the example we will have afterwards. geo
i thought we would go back and listen to just what president obama had to say four years ago when he took that first oath of office. >> on this day, we gather because we have chones hope over people. unity of purpose over conflict and discord. on this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grevranses, the false promises and worn out mass that have far too long have sprang led our politics. we remain a young nation. but in the words of scripture, the time has come to set aside...
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right now only 17 republicans where barack obama has won in their districts. so there are fewer republicans who feel the heat. for a lot of them, their constituents are ok with this fight. >> that's a long-term trend in politics. 10 years before that, in 19 4 when reagan was re-elected in a landslide, there were 150 democratic members of congress from seats that reagan had won. it's gone down and down. gwen: talk about the parties resorting, i wonder if this feels like a pivot point for you. so many things we used to count on are falling apart. the last-minute negotiations. conference committees. they've gone by the wayside. is this a permanent shift? >> nothing is permanent in politics. it is a new normal and a normal in which confrontation is common place and compromise is much rarer than it used to be. i think it is a reflection of these deeper divisions in the country and individual menace of congress and to some extent senators who are now sort of more than they used to be red state and blue, hearing from a particular part of the country and not the count
right now only 17 republicans where barack obama has won in their districts. so there are fewer republicans who feel the heat. for a lot of them, their constituents are ok with this fight. >> that's a long-term trend in politics. 10 years before that, in 19 4 when reagan was re-elected in a landslide, there were 150 democratic members of congress from seats that reagan had won. it's gone down and down. gwen: talk about the parties resorting, i wonder if this feels like a pivot point for...
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a new year's deal to elude the fiscal cliff. republicans and democrats both consented to the deal. now neither party is happy with the outcome. democrats complain
a new year's deal to elude the fiscal cliff. republicans and democrats both consented to the deal. now neither party is happy with the outcome. democrats complain
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nothing says bipartisan cooperation like ringing in the new year by counting down to a midnight vote to raise taxes. by the time the fiscal cliff drama drew its only temporary conclusion this week, speaker boehner was pledging not to negotiate with president obama, president obama was promising not to negotiate over the debt limit, and vice president biden seemed like the only one left in a good mood. >> public service was never meant to be an easy living. extraordinary challenges demand extraordinary leadership. so if you've come here to see your name in the lights or to pass off a political victory as some accomplishment, you've come to the wrong place. the door is right behind you. >> i think most of our members, and we are never unanimous, but we do have consensus, most of our members know that for the president to have leverage on the next hurdles that we face that we had to get over this hurdle. gwen: the president signed the budget bills after resuming his holiday vacation in hawaii and before congress today officially certified the electoral college vote that will return him
nothing says bipartisan cooperation like ringing in the new year by counting down to a midnight vote to raise taxes. by the time the fiscal cliff drama drew its only temporary conclusion this week, speaker boehner was pledging not to negotiate with president obama, president obama was promising not to negotiate over the debt limit, and vice president biden seemed like the only one left in a good mood. >> public service was never meant to be an easy living. extraordinary challenges demand...
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for example when you had that fiscal cliff fight that was right at the owned the year, in fact, it went into january 1, president obama was in a position to take a larger revenue increase if he really wanted to. he chose not to. he dialed it down a little bit thinking there would be more down the line. i think he's taking a somewhat different approach, well, let's try to reach out more, to have more conversation with members. he has tried this before. i mean, it's not the first time. gwen: which is why people thought he wasn't going to try it again. >> it's a good thing to do. you want your leaders to be talking with each other. some people are getting a little carried away. thinking this is going to be a great breakthrough to a great bargain that's questionable. just because you have dinner with someone, you might feel a little better but you're probably not going to change your bedrock principles and they're really clashing on this. gwen: entitlement reform, social security and medicare reform, and nobody talks about that. >> the president said i had a whole bunch of these things on t
for example when you had that fiscal cliff fight that was right at the owned the year, in fact, it went into january 1, president obama was in a position to take a larger revenue increase if he really wanted to. he chose not to. he dialed it down a little bit thinking there would be more down the line. i think he's taking a somewhat different approach, well, let's try to reach out more, to have more conversation with members. he has tried this before. i mean, it's not the first time. gwen:...
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within the happen last two years of the obama administration. that undertaking works and i think over the long haul it is going to work, you will have a different version, verdict on progressive government, but it is not going to be averted that will come in and [inaudible] for 2014. >> you never can predict events. you never know what is around the corner. it could be something that changes the game here. >> he has to suck it up. he looks like such a beam guy -- beaten guy in that press conference. he has to get the blood going and move. >> understand this. the congress has a nine percent approval rating. as john mccain said when you are at nine percent you're down to staff and let relatives supporting you. -- blood relative supporting you. republicanst time in congress, 43-40 two over president obama. when you are running behind. --did you come here closer could you come here closer? >> i do not want to make a big deal out of this. is numberof charles' one on the "new york times" nonfiction bestseller list. officially nonfiction. >> that is ov
within the happen last two years of the obama administration. that undertaking works and i think over the long haul it is going to work, you will have a different version, verdict on progressive government, but it is not going to be averted that will come in and [inaudible] for 2014. >> you never can predict events. you never know what is around the corner. it could be something that changes the game here. >> he has to suck it up. he looks like such a beam guy -- beaten guy in that...
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. >> well, president obama started the year in a high on the re-election. and he had just gotten through a tax spending agreements with congress and he gave an inaugural address filled with grand aspirations and then the rest of the year happened. >> there was a sense that the election decided something, that the fever had been broken. and the year was actually all about washington's dysfunction being even deeper than ever. >> instead of the second term he wanted, he got the second term he got. that means that gun control doesn't go anywhere. the immigration bill ends up passing the senate but buried in the house and he found himself in mortal combat producing nothing that he wanted to see. >> you've got two partys that are ideologically apart that are n a partisan war, and when you have divided government, no, you can't get big things done. the question is whether or not something causes the warfare to slow down or whether one side gets the overwhelming position. democrats did. they passed a big health care law. >> there's no way you can look at what's hap
. >> well, president obama started the year in a high on the re-election. and he had just gotten through a tax spending agreements with congress and he gave an inaugural address filled with grand aspirations and then the rest of the year happened. >> there was a sense that the election decided something, that the fever had been broken. and the year was actually all about washington's dysfunction being even deeper than ever. >> instead of the second term he wanted, he got the...
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just in the last four years, double the number, in fact. you've had people who have exposed government deceit and waste and corruption and illegality being systematically prosecuted as criminals in very harsh ways, threatened with decades in prison, being prosecuted as spies, essentially, under espionage statute. whereas the people on whom they blew the whistle, the actual bad actors in the government, have been shielded and protected. and what this is designed to do is to send a message -- as every investigative journalist in the united states will tell you, including ones who work for the most established of newspapers -- to send a message to would-be sources and whistleblowers, who want to advise the public about government wrongdoing, that they better think twice because they will be severely punished if they do so. >> one of our best journalists, jonathan landay of "mcclatchy" has turned up evidence from government documents that president obama and his senior aides have not been telling the truth when they claimed to have only deploye
just in the last four years, double the number, in fact. you've had people who have exposed government deceit and waste and corruption and illegality being systematically prosecuted as criminals in very harsh ways, threatened with decades in prison, being prosecuted as spies, essentially, under espionage statute. whereas the people on whom they blew the whistle, the actual bad actors in the government, have been shielded and protected. and what this is designed to do is to send a message -- as...
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. >> you have, in obama's case, gone within four years from being an illinois state politician to the most famous person on earth, and you have confidence in both your judgment about what's the right way to go and your ability to make it go that way. if he was too confident about being able to bring people together, one can understand, given the way he'd spent the previous four years. >> ball gowns are on their way to the cleaners, the party is over for both the new president and the nation... >> well, what does obama need to do to reassure americans right now, and the markets... >> narrator: that first week, the president had two goals: turn the economy around... >> we're talking about massive job creation... >> narrator: ...and do it by working together with the republicans. >> so he's got some selling to do... >> right now, the big debate in washington is how big should the stimulus package be... >> he is facing many sobering challenges... >> in hammering out details for his massive economic recovery... >> he knew that he was dealing with a set of circumstances that required people
. >> you have, in obama's case, gone within four years from being an illinois state politician to the most famous person on earth, and you have confidence in both your judgment about what's the right way to go and your ability to make it go that way. if he was too confident about being able to bring people together, one can understand, given the way he'd spent the previous four years. >> ball gowns are on their way to the cleaners, the party is over for both the new president and...
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he is not going to be on the ballot, especially in the mid terms next year. do we have a sense of how much this damage is accruing to the democrats? the democrats in congress, the democratic brand? all the democrats especially in red states? >> we know it's bad for members of the president's party when his approval rating is lower but we've seen some get hammered at midterm even with high approval ratings. the small number of competitive seats is good. only 6% --% in the election coming up that have split their tickets in presidential and house races recently. the you know side is limited by that fact. gwen: we move to secretary of state john kerry who's been bouncing to and fro. he stopped in washington long enough this week to win a small concession from congress. it will not impose additional sanctions on iran for now. this was the secretary's appeal. >> we're asking to you give our negotiators and experts the time and the space to do their jobs and that includes asking you, while we negotiate, that you hold off imposing new sanctions. now, i'm not saying
he is not going to be on the ballot, especially in the mid terms next year. do we have a sense of how much this damage is accruing to the democrats? the democrats in congress, the democratic brand? all the democrats especially in red states? >> we know it's bad for members of the president's party when his approval rating is lower but we've seen some get hammered at midterm even with high approval ratings. the small number of competitive seats is good. only 6% --% in the election coming...
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here is what president obama said a year ago. nowe have communicated in uncertain terms what every player in the region -- with every player in the region that that is a line -- red line for us. >> senator john mccain says the red line threat is a joke. >> the president of the united states says it would be a red line and a game changer. he now sees that as a green light. means the word of the president of the united states can no longer be taken seriously. >> president obama said he is sympathetic to mccain's passion, but he adds, sometimes what we have seen is that folks will call for immediate action, jumping into stuff, and it doesn't turn out well. the president says we have to think through strategically what will be in will be in our long- term international interest even while we do everything we can to put pressure on those who would kill innocent civilians. let me ask you this. when the president says the use of chemical weapons is a red line, what does that mean? >> it means nothing because the government already said
here is what president obama said a year ago. nowe have communicated in uncertain terms what every player in the region -- with every player in the region that that is a line -- red line for us. >> senator john mccain says the red line threat is a joke. >> the president of the united states says it would be a red line and a game changer. he now sees that as a green light. means the word of the president of the united states can no longer be taken seriously. >> president obama...
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. >> that was president obama on april 30 of this year. earlier he said i have made clear that the use of chemical went seasons a game changer. the white house says the scope and scale of assist tons syria's rebel forces will increase now. over 90,000 people killed in the syrian war with chemical weapons. john mccain says if our military can't establish a no fly zone on syria then american taxpayer dollars have been waisted. stop his aircraft from flying down. shoot his aircraft. how has the game changed now? >> it's all up to one man. the tragedy of this story it's all up to one man. the head of the c.i.a., defense department and state department a year ago, very senior people was we had to do something and he didn't do anything. he treats this instead of high state craft which it is as a c.s.i. episode. now he's depot the evidence. the tragedy is this: we're now at a point where the rebels are deeply in distress. they lost the town of can you sare. iran is in the game. the russians have flooded it with weapons this. is a civil war in whi
. >> that was president obama on april 30 of this year. earlier he said i have made clear that the use of chemical went seasons a game changer. the white house says the scope and scale of assist tons syria's rebel forces will increase now. over 90,000 people killed in the syrian war with chemical weapons. john mccain says if our military can't establish a no fly zone on syria then american taxpayer dollars have been waisted. stop his aircraft from flying down. shoot his aircraft. how has...
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care, i honestly don't know what they want to do with 65 and 66 years olds who most of them are not working. >> rose: have you ever been sort of slightly attracted to a single payer system? >> have i ever thought about it? yes. do i. >> rose: do you consider it [. >> do i see attraction to it? yes. do i think if we moved to it -- i think there are two problems: the short run and there is the long run. the short run transition is going to be complete chaos, out of a set of healthcare arrangements that for most people work reasonably well, and the long run, when manager is totally government run, it doesn't tend to be very innovative, doesn't tend to promote competition, so, no, i would not want to see us move in the united states to single payer. >> rose: let me go to this final question about sequester. some people believe that the president thinks that if sequester happens, not with all of these terrible things that would... consequences of it, that the republicans will be blamed for it and that, therefore, he is unwilling to negotiate because if it does take place, the political d
care, i honestly don't know what they want to do with 65 and 66 years olds who most of them are not working. >> rose: have you ever been sort of slightly attracted to a single payer system? >> have i ever thought about it? yes. do i. >> rose: do you consider it [. >> do i see attraction to it? yes. do i think if we moved to it -- i think there are two problems: the short run and there is the long run. the short run transition is going to be complete chaos, out of a set...
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they want a one-year delay in the obama care quote, unquote, individual mandate to buy health insurance. democrats refuse to concede. they want obama care to be unconditionally funded. the result, 800,000 federal workers are idled and services are suspended. both sides are bracing for a backlash and the blame game is on, so, why no compromise? because of what is at stake. namely, a shift in the balance of political power in 2014 after next year's midterm election. we now have a democratic president, a democratic senate, and a republican house. president obama, a democrat, is refusing to negotiate with house speaker boehner, a republican. because mr. obama thinks voter antishutdown backlash will boost the current democratic majority in the senate next year. and possibly result in the democratic taking over of the house of representatives. republicans think a one-year delay in the individual mandate will mean healthy individuals will defer buying insurance. and those with preexisting conditions will rush to sign up. this in turn, means higher insurance premiums in 2014 for everybody. winn
they want a one-year delay in the obama care quote, unquote, individual mandate to buy health insurance. democrats refuse to concede. they want obama care to be unconditionally funded. the result, 800,000 federal workers are idled and services are suspended. both sides are bracing for a backlash and the blame game is on, so, why no compromise? because of what is at stake. namely, a shift in the balance of political power in 2014 after next year's midterm election. we now have a democratic...
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of obama's presidency. and at the baltimore retreat, cantor promised the new republicans he would continue to play hardball with the white house. >> eric cantor appealed to the most militant feelings in the caucus. cantor proposes that they do something which had not been done before, which is to use the debt ceiling vote for maximum leverage and threatened to throw the country into default. >> narrator: without raising the debt ceiling, the government would be unable to pay its bills. cantor saw the threat of a no vote as leverage to force the president to accept dramatic spending cuts. >> you always look for these moments when the president has to have something passed. but the debt ceiling represents the equivalent of a massive fiscal heart attack. >> narrator: cantor told them no president could ignore the threat. >> it has to be done. it's essential. if you don't raise the debt limit, you can no longer borrow, you can't pay your bills. you default. >> narrator: the new republicans got the message. >> i
of obama's presidency. and at the baltimore retreat, cantor promised the new republicans he would continue to play hardball with the white house. >> eric cantor appealed to the most militant feelings in the caucus. cantor proposes that they do something which had not been done before, which is to use the debt ceiling vote for maximum leverage and threatened to throw the country into default. >> narrator: without raising the debt ceiling, the government would be unable to pay its...
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there are only 15 members of the republican caucus in whose districts president obama won last year. so i think he has a terribly -- if they want to spend a lot of money, maybe they should spend it on re-districting in 2020 and change dynamics. >> the president hit the road three days this week trying to sell these proposals. he tried that in 2009 using his campaign apparatus. they say they'll do it again. what will be different? >> i think the president has said all along he is going to -- he's given up on the idea that you can change the way washington works so he's going to try to make the country change the way washington works but i did think one thing was interesting in the speech. it was almost the dog that didn't bark. he talked about immigration but not with the kind of passion that he talked about some of these other issues and that's possibly because immigration is the big thing that could actually possibly happen and it might have hurt his cause to sort of wrap his arms around this at a time when he needs to give the republicans as much political flexibility and running r
there are only 15 members of the republican caucus in whose districts president obama won last year. so i think he has a terribly -- if they want to spend a lot of money, maybe they should spend it on re-districting in 2020 and change dynamics. >> the president hit the road three days this week trying to sell these proposals. he tried that in 2009 using his campaign apparatus. they say they'll do it again. what will be different? >> i think the president has said all along he is...
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fact, president obama raised the issue of poison gas a year ago. secretary kerry raised it specifically. they got no specific response until there was a genuine and real threat of force. does obama look wavering? does this look like improvisation? i am sure it does. but it is not without some results so far if he keeps his feet to the fire. >> evan? >> i am a believer in the muddle through area of history and this is a classic case of the muddle through. obama looks terrible, like he is making it up as he goes along. has dodgedt is, it going to war for the moment. -- has some virtue. it is conceivable that something will come out of this. the odds looked long at the moment. we are muddling through for the moment. >> what are the odds that this whole adventure is written by putin as a set up? and the odds of its success are zero. pariah,ago, assad is a a war criminal. the whole world looks in horror at what he has done. and putin, who is covering for obama in the united nations, would not even allow a press release on the use of chemical weapons. .e
fact, president obama raised the issue of poison gas a year ago. secretary kerry raised it specifically. they got no specific response until there was a genuine and real threat of force. does obama look wavering? does this look like improvisation? i am sure it does. but it is not without some results so far if he keeps his feet to the fire. >> evan? >> i am a believer in the muddle through area of history and this is a classic case of the muddle through. obama looks terrible, like...
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when we come back, further conversation of the next four years of the obama administration two. we continue this evening with a conversation about the presidency of barack obama on the occasion of his second inauguration this time four years ago the world watched as the first african american was sworn in. it was an historic day. mr. obama came to the president in the midst of a global financial crisis and two wars. he has had to reshape america's role in the world, the boldness of his accomplishments-- health care reform-- has been divisive. in his first inaugural speech president obama promised a new vision for a troubled country. >> today i say to you that the challenges we face are real they are serious and they are many. they will not be met easily or in a short span of time but know this, america, they will be met! (cheers and applause) >> rose: four years later much work remains on major issues from climate change to immigration reform to the debate about taxes and spending and the most recent focus on gun control joining me to assess barack obama is a group of distinguis
when we come back, further conversation of the next four years of the obama administration two. we continue this evening with a conversation about the presidency of barack obama on the occasion of his second inauguration this time four years ago the world watched as the first african american was sworn in. it was an historic day. mr. obama came to the president in the midst of a global financial crisis and two wars. he has had to reshape america's role in the world, the boldness of his...
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freshman senator obama said no. this would make artisan divisions even deeper. >> the problem with the senate today and it did not start last week. during the four years, we had -- i saw very few down the line partyline votes. and when you had a filibuster ammand it was not over partisan issue. it was over some kind of issue. democrats voted with republicans and republicans voted with democrats. the only time you saw partyline move was around the organization issue. it is not around instances [inaudible] it is now strictly partyline. cloture lines -- cloture votes along party line basis. >> when he talked about --ctions counting -- quick the democrats said when obama got reelected and they held onto the senate that they would not be so wildly obstructed. if you look at the numbers, there have been 168 filibusters since 19 $.17 the rule was enacted in half of those have been in the obama administration. that isn't an herbal number. that -- that is an incredible number. republicans did not believe they would do this.
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it was not like this 26 years ago. the old adage in american politics used to be all politics is local. now, as we have become more parliamentary and our behavior, all politics is national. that means you do not have these misaligned districts, and there's no reward for members compromising. you stay with your party box. >> did you have friends who were democrats? did you work with them? >> absolutely. i was surrounded by democrats, and my district voted for bill clinton twice. my district voted for me to protect them from bill clinton and reelected him to protect them from me. >> could that happen today? >> no, you get straight ticket voting now. >> thanks very much for joining me. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, her logo has helped make her a billionaire. tonight, i speak with a fashion designer and entrepreneur as one of best part of our 100 women .eries prince william hosted his first investiture ceremony at buckingham palace. standing in for the queen, the prince pres
it was not like this 26 years ago. the old adage in american politics used to be all politics is local. now, as we have become more parliamentary and our behavior, all politics is national. that means you do not have these misaligned districts, and there's no reward for members compromising. you stay with your party box. >> did you have friends who were democrats? did you work with them? >> absolutely. i was surrounded by democrats, and my district voted for bill clinton twice. my...
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i think the fact barack obama spent two years in the senate before running for president does changes the calculus of a rand paul. there is no longer the u.s. spends 30 years -- in fact the opposite you have to spend less time. >> rose: the same way jimmy carter changed the calculus what he did in iowa when he got the nomination in 76. quickly, how is the former secretary of state deciding to do this, assuming she is going to do this and most of us believe she is, even though she may not have made that decision. let's assume whether she's made the decision finally or not, she's moving forward so she'll be prepared if she does. what's she doing to prepare. >> funny you asked that. she's not doing a whole lot. she's giving paid speeches. she's working with a small cadre of aids. >> rose: she's pitched herself to the found information. >> she has hitched her sell to the foundation. it's now the bill, hillary and chelsea foundation. it's run by a person who people think very highly of her. she's going to be issuing some serious work and serious papers she'll be focusing on women and girls
i think the fact barack obama spent two years in the senate before running for president does changes the calculus of a rand paul. there is no longer the u.s. spends 30 years -- in fact the opposite you have to spend less time. >> rose: the same way jimmy carter changed the calculus what he did in iowa when he got the nomination in 76. quickly, how is the former secretary of state deciding to do this, assuming she is going to do this and most of us believe she is, even though she may not...
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of all features of the healthcare law, obama care. within minutes senate majority leader harry reid denounced the strategy describing republicans as anarchists. tying up the upper chamber to stall or deep 6 the obama healthcare law. bipartisan ship is a thing of the past. so if there is no action by september 30 a week from monday, every agents in the government will be shut down. in mid-octas more perilous -- october more perilous deadline, raise the debt limit of $17 trillion. >> the house of representatives voted yes to continue funding the government through mid- december. the vote was 230-189. two democrats joined the republicans. the bill defunds obama care. got it? are there enough votes in the senate to defund obama care? >> no, there are not. the democrats have a majority there. they will send it back to the house minus the provision that takes out the healthcare law. how far republicans are willing to go in battling to keep this out of the law. they will get the bill back on their side. what are they going to do? what are th
of all features of the healthcare law, obama care. within minutes senate majority leader harry reid denounced the strategy describing republicans as anarchists. tying up the upper chamber to stall or deep 6 the obama healthcare law. bipartisan ship is a thing of the past. so if there is no action by september 30 a week from monday, every agents in the government will be shut down. in mid-octas more perilous -- october more perilous deadline, raise the debt limit of $17 trillion. >> the...
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years than his predecessor did in eight. the real cause of our debt is that our government has been spending $1 trillion more than it takes in every year. that's why we need a balanced budget amendment. the biggest obstacle to balancing the budget are programs where spending is already locked in. one of these programs is medicare that is especially important to me. it provided my father the care he needed to battle cancer and ultimately to die with dignity. and it pays for the care of my mother is receiving right now. i would never support any changes to medicare that would hurt seniors like my mother. but anyone who is in favor of leaving medicare exactly the way it is right now is in favor of bankrupting it. republicans have offered a detailed and credible plan that helps save medicare without hurting today's retirees. instead of playing politics with medicare when is the president going to offer his detailed plan to save it? tonight would have been a good time for him to do it. of course we face other challenges as well.
years than his predecessor did in eight. the real cause of our debt is that our government has been spending $1 trillion more than it takes in every year. that's why we need a balanced budget amendment. the biggest obstacle to balancing the budget are programs where spending is already locked in. one of these programs is medicare that is especially important to me. it provided my father the care he needed to battle cancer and ultimately to die with dignity. and it pays for the care of my mother...
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i mean, you've got footage of president obama as a candidate getting 200,000 people in berlin just five years ago to say nothing of president kennedy's speech or president reagan's tear down that wall speech. i mean, just the idea -- first rule of an advanced man in politics is you always have a crowd bigger than the room so it looks like there's enthusiasm and overflow. this didn't. i do think the president addressed the subject that's of concern to the germans and that's loose nuclear and russia's problem with them and he sounded defensive, quite frankly, on the n.s.a. listening. >> brown: all right, mark shields, david brook, as always, that you can very much. every friday mark and david show a slightly different side, talking about the sport of politics and the politics of sport with hari in our newsroom. tonight they took your questions. here's a sneak preview. here's a sneak preview, a clip where they weigh in on which cities have the best baseball stadiums. best ballpark to watch a baseball game? >> i'm going to be a total heretic here and i should say fenway and camden yards and
i mean, you've got footage of president obama as a candidate getting 200,000 people in berlin just five years ago to say nothing of president kennedy's speech or president reagan's tear down that wall speech. i mean, just the idea -- first rule of an advanced man in politics is you always have a crowd bigger than the room so it looks like there's enthusiasm and overflow. this didn't. i do think the president addressed the subject that's of concern to the germans and that's loose nuclear and...
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early this year she got a work permit through an obama administration program for undocumented immigrants who came to the u.s. as children. she wants to take the next step on the path to citizenship as soon as she can, but until that happens, she wants tuition equity, too. >> comprehensive immigration reform does not include in-state tuition. it does not. so while my application is processing, what am i supposed to do, not go to school? i'm still going to have to pay out of state tuition. ♪ >>> this is "pbs newshour weekend" sunday. >>> finally tonight, challenges for wildlife conservationists. last week we carried a report from south africa by martin geistler of iptv. but as reports this week in neighboring zimbabwe, poachers are continuing their attack on elephants by poisoning them. >> this is the largest national park in zimbabwe and one of the few genuine tourist attractions the country has left. the herds of elephant which roam here should be protected, but instead they've been fallen prey to poaching gangs, who have poisoned them for their ivory. it's thought cyanide was poured i
early this year she got a work permit through an obama administration program for undocumented immigrants who came to the u.s. as children. she wants to take the next step on the path to citizenship as soon as she can, but until that happens, she wants tuition equity, too. >> comprehensive immigration reform does not include in-state tuition. it does not. so while my application is processing, what am i supposed to do, not go to school? i'm still going to have to pay out of state tuition....
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after 12 years of war, senior u.s. officials now say direct talks with the taliban are scheduled to begin within the next few days. the news came as president obama wound up a meeting with french with the at the g8 summit in northern ireland. the president said that the taliban must come prepared to make concessions. >> including the taliban is going to need to accept an afghan constitution that pronounces against violence is committed to protection of women and minorities. >> the taliban gave no indication whether it would accept those terms when the meetings begin in doha, qatar. instead the militants laid out separate goals in a news drones carried on al jazeera. >> which include end of occupation of afghanistan and establishment of system with security with the most. >> u.s. officials said afghan government would hold its own talks with the taliban separately. in kabul, afghan president karzai announced his negotiating team is ready to go. >> our council travel to qatar to discuss peace talks we hope that our broth
after 12 years of war, senior u.s. officials now say direct talks with the taliban are scheduled to begin within the next few days. the news came as president obama wound up a meeting with french with the at the g8 summit in northern ireland. the president said that the taliban must come prepared to make concessions. >> including the taliban is going to need to accept an afghan constitution that pronounces against violence is committed to protection of women and minorities. >> the...
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molina health care is using employees and their kids to star in its obama care ad, because in the race to win new clients on state insurance exchanges, they'll play a key role. >> we've been doing this for 33 years. so we've developed a lot of trust, i think, in the community. and that's going to be an important part of this. >> molina covers nearly two million medicaid patients nationally and is offering plans where it does business. >> we've hired 2,000 people this year to get ready for this and we have built networks and key y -- kiosks that are available. people can come in to get information and not feel like they're getting the hard sell. >> but it's the stuff at its community clinics and areas with high numbers of uninsured who will be at the heart of enrollment. right now, california is the flagship for the entire molina enterprise. reaching out to parents whose kids are covered under medicaid but don't have coverage themselves. >> we know there's some that make a little too much, that they do not qualify for any kind of insurance. >> they may now qualify for medicaid expansion
molina health care is using employees and their kids to star in its obama care ad, because in the race to win new clients on state insurance exchanges, they'll play a key role. >> we've been doing this for 33 years. so we've developed a lot of trust, i think, in the community. and that's going to be an important part of this. >> molina covers nearly two million medicaid patients nationally and is offering plans where it does business. >> we've hired 2,000 people this year to...
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a holiday weekend of inaugural events in washington is about to begin. ♪ ♪ every four years since 1789, the military has massed its personnel to prepare for one of the grandest traditions in america, the presidential inauguration. ♪ ♪ the music rose before the sun during a rehearsal this past weekend and gave a hint of what to expect when the actual parade and ceremony happen monday. this celebration will be shorter and smaller than president obama's first inaugural. but because it falls on the martin luther king holiday, organizers say attendance monday may be higher than for any other second inauguration. published estimates indicate the private fundraising goal for the festivities is about the same as 2009 when $53 million was raised. four years ago, individual donations were capped at $50,000 per person. this year, the presidential inaugural committee, or p.i.c., is accepting unlimited contributions from both individuals and corporations. p.i.c. c.e.o. and president stephen kerrigan told the newshour about the theme, "our people, our future," as the clock behind him ticked down
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old. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: the 112th congress wound down, and president obama returned to his hawaiian holiday, after the house gave final approval to the "fiscal cliff" bill late last night. wall street surged higher on news of the deal in washington. the dow industrials gained more than 300 points. and the u.n. sharply raised its estimate of the dead in syria's civil war to 60,000. hillary clinton was discharged from the hospital afterbeing treat forward a blood clot. how smart is congress? one retiring member shares his observations about former colleagues. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: in our ongoing series of congressional exit interviews, massachusetts representative barney frank spoke candidly with economics correspondent paul solman. watch an outtake on the making sense page. that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll look at the legislative challenges ahead for the new congress. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and ag
old. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: the 112th congress wound down, and president obama returned to his hawaiian holiday, after the house gave final approval to the "fiscal cliff" bill late last night. wall street surged higher on news of the deal in washington. the dow industrials gained more than 300 points. and the u.n. sharply raised its estimate of the dead in syria's civil war to 60,000. hillary clinton was discharged from the hospital afterbeing treat...
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had said after the red line was crossed earlier in the year i will do something, send rebels to the weapons, and not a single rifle has arrived. >> dark, quickly. >> colin powell has said, on the record, there is nothing he ever did for which he feels worse, for which he wants to apologize american people than that statement at the united nations. barack obama was elected to disengage from wars at them -- in the middle east, not to engage in them. that is the dilemma. charles, in his column, makes reference to the guns of august, a reference to world war i. does anybody get the eerie feeling that this could spiral out of control and we could be in the thick of something that was analogous to what led to world war i? seem to know where we are going with this thing. the president talks about a surgical strike, he talks about not getting into an open-ended commitment, but once you get in, once a superpower gets into a situation like that, it must prevail. if you get a reaction from the syrians or the iranians that suggest that what you have done is of little consequence, they will use
had said after the red line was crossed earlier in the year i will do something, send rebels to the weapons, and not a single rifle has arrived. >> dark, quickly. >> colin powell has said, on the record, there is nothing he ever did for which he feels worse, for which he wants to apologize american people than that statement at the united nations. barack obama was elected to disengage from wars at them -- in the middle east, not to engage in them. that is the dilemma. charles, in...
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. >> i think the one thing president obama is still lacking, five years after he came to office, and really ten years after he came on the national stage is association with a big idea. you referred to it a moment ago with reagan and maybe to a lesser extent bush. but when you can fall back on an idea, people know what you stand for and they know your place in the national argument, that gives you a great deal of freedom. even the freedom to make mistakes because you're doing it in a principal way. obama i'm not suggesting he's unprincipled but there's lack of definition on this, there's look of being associated with a big idea. i think it's a shortcoming of his leadership. and what it does is even with his own party, every move that he makes subject to second guessing and cynical interpretations. when he does something one way, he's appointing larry summers while he's just doing that because he's trying to tack to the right or something like that. when he moves a different direction, the remnants of the new deal or the new democrats and the third wave always thinking for cynical rea
. >> i think the one thing president obama is still lacking, five years after he came to office, and really ten years after he came on the national stage is association with a big idea. you referred to it a moment ago with reagan and maybe to a lesser extent bush. but when you can fall back on an idea, people know what you stand for and they know your place in the national argument, that gives you a great deal of freedom. even the freedom to make mistakes because you're doing it in a...